Buckle



NTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MICHAEL H. FREIDLINE, OF NEAR FREDONIA, KANSAS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,751, dated October 29, 1889.

Application filed May vll, 1889. Serial No. 310,483. (No model.)

i ers skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereonl which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to buckles; and its objects are, first, to hold four straps'simultaneously, so that one pair shall be perpen-` dicular in direction to the other pair; second, to dispense With a fixed tongue for the buckle; third, to provide for maintaining the straps securely by frictional contact only; fourth, to simplify the construction and operation of harness-buckles by a loose adjustable tongue that by wedge-like action retains the 'strap in position, and, fifth, to accomplish these ends with structural simplicity and economy. I attain these aims by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a top plan View of a buckle constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section thereof. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the buckle, and Fig. 4 shows a section of the detachedloose tongue thereof.

The same designations indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

It is a Well-known fact to those intrusted 4with themanagement of horses that in buckling the strap there is frequently di'iculty in procuring a secure fastening,owing either to a partial sidewise dislocation of the tongue caused by wear or to the numbness of the grooms hands in severe weather.- I have .therefore provided a buckle in which the tongue is disjoined therefrom and is held in place solely by the'wedge-like action of its tapering surfaces between the strap and the upper wall of the buckle, the wedge having a lug projecting from its under surface that engages the perforations iu the strap.

A A represent the walls of the buckle, joined by cross-bars A, forming posteriorly the recess ct between the inner surface of the wall A and the upper surface of the base a.

B is the tongue or Wedge, having the proj ections b3 thereon, that guide and retain the strap, and is centrally provided on its under surface with the lug 4b', which engages the perforation b2 in the strap,so that when the tapering surface b is pushed forward in the recess it will hold the strapc securely by frictional contact solely. The rear frame a of the buckle is usually riveted between the straps d e, thereby preventing the chafing of the buckle on the flesh of the animal. The

end of the strap c is held in place bythe loop f, which is also fastened permanently between the straps cl e.

The crossbars A A of the buckle'are encircled by the metal flaps g g,between which the straps g g', constituting the belly-band, are riveted. It is thus apparent that the same buckle securely holds two pairs of straps perpendicularly to each other.

Having thus fully described my improve men-ts, what I claim isd The buckle herein shown and described, consisting of the Walls A', having integral loops A A at either end thereof of unequal altitude, and an integral extension a', projecting laterally from the end having the high est loop, provided with an abutment a2, in combination with the wedge B, having a tapering tongue h, provided with lateral projections h3 to retain the straps C d in position laterally, having, moreover, a lug b, that engages a perforation in the straps C and abuts against the wall a2 of the extension c., and the loop f, the whole co-operating as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL H. FREIDLINE.

Vi tn esses:

B. F. SHIN, B. B. TURNER.V 

